Erik
@Erik
398 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Erik upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Maida
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almost 3 years ago
Maine’s facial recognition law shows bipartisan support for protecting privacy
Michael has joined a growing number of cities, counties and states that are rejecting dangerously biased surveillance technologies like facial recognition.The new law, which is the strongest statewide facial recognition law in the country, not only received broad, bipart...continued
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Erik upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Rahsaan
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almost 3 years ago
In growth marketing, creative is the critical X factor
Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC Berkeley alum and growth marketing nerd who's helped scale Uber, Postmates, Chime and various startups. As we move toward a privacy-centric, less targeted future of growth marketing, the biggest lever will become creative on p...continued
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Erik upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
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Pablo
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almost 3 years ago
Stellantis picks Alexa Automotive's Curic as its technology boss - Reuters
A Stellantis sign is seen outside the company's headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S., June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File PhotoMILAN, July 20 (Reuters) - Carmaker Stellantis (STLA.MI) said on Tuesday that Amazon Alexa Automotive's (AMZN.O) Ned Curic would bec...continued
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Erik upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
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Liliane
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almost 3 years ago
Lawsuit over Rite Aid infant acetaminophen marketing tossed - Reuters
A Rite Aid store at 1841 North Western Avenue is shown at in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 21, 2020. Picture taken January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File PhotoJudge finds reasonable consumers would not be misled The company and law firm names shown above are g...continued
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Erik upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Liliane
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almost 3 years ago
Can facial analysis technology create a child-safe internet?
Suppose you pulled out your phone this morning to post a pic to your favourite social network – let’s call it Twinstabooktok – and were asked for a selfie before you could log on. The picture you submitted wouldn’t be sent anywhere, the service assured you: instead, it wo...continued
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Erik
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almost 3 years ago
Hancock’s fall catapults Sajid Javid back into the heart of Conservative politics | Martin Kettle
The new health minister is arriving at a pivotal moment for a department with huge future claims on the TreasuryThirteen months ago, Dominic Cummings faced an avalanche of demands to resign after being caught in an egregious breach of the Covid lockdown regul…
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Erik upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Elliott
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almost 3 years ago
We (Sort of) Moved!
CommunicateHealthApr 15 · 2 min readAlt: A doodle drives a moving truck with “W❤HHL” emblazoned on the side while another doodle waves out the passenger-side window. They’re following a sign that points toward communicatehealth.com.This week, in the spirit of spring clean...continued
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Erik upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Zetta
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almost 3 years ago
Communicating Clearly During Vaccine Rollout
CommunicateHealthMar 18 · 3 min readAlt: Three happy doodles flex their muscles. They’re wearing name tags that read, “Pfizer,” “J&J,” and “Moderna.”With 3 different COVID-19 vaccines now on the market in the United States, and more and more people getting vaccinated ...continued
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Erik upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Nelson
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almost 3 years ago
Talking Telehealth
CommunicateHealthMar 25 · 2 min readAlt: A doodle with cat head talks to their doctor via their laptop. The doctor says, “Can you tilt the camera back? I need to see both the cat and your head to make my diagnosis.”Here at We ❤ Health Literacy Headquarters, we’re big fans...continued
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Erik upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Iva
@Iva -
almost 3 years ago
Outdoorsy co-founders detail how they expanded the sharing economy to RVs
Jen Young and Jeff Cavins were sitting in a beige conference room at a downtown Vancouver hotel, wasting away under fluorescent lights, an endless PowerPoint and a pair of sad Styrofoam cups of coffee between them. Young was there on a marketing contract. Cavins was a boa...continued
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Erik upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Grayce
@Grayce -
almost 3 years ago
Emergence Capital’s Doug Landis explains how to identify (and tell) your startup story
Emergence Capital’s Doug Landis explains how to identify (and tell) your startup do you go beyond the names and numbers with your startup pitch deck? For Doug Landis, the answer is one simple compound gerund: storytelling. It’s a word that gets thrown around a lot of lat...continued
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Erik upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Cyril
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almost 3 years ago
Aidoc raises over $66M for AI radiology analysis technology
Aidoc, an artificial intelligence company that develops triage and analysis software, is about to double its funding. On Tuesday, the company announced a round of $66 million. Before that the company had raised about $67 million in its five-year lifetime. Aidoc develops “...continued
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Erik
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almost 3 years ago
Three England players, four staff test positive for COVID-19 - Reuters UK
England have had to select an entirely new squad for their limited-overs series against Pakistan after three players and four staff members tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, the country's cricket board (ECB) said.
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Erik
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almost 3 years ago
China’s First International Students | History Today
On 11 August 1872 China’s first batch of government-sponsored overseas students set out from Shanghai. Crossing North America by train, they arrived in New England to start their life of study abroad. According to the memoirs written in 1922 by one of the students, Lee Ya...continued
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Erik
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almost 3 years ago
Samsung makes its free TV Plus streaming service available on the web
Even people who don't own Samsung devices can now enjoy its ad-supported streaming service. According to Protocol, the tech giant launched TV Plus — something that used to be exclusively available on the the brand's TVs and mobile devices — for the web in May…
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Erik
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almost 3 years ago
Wimbledon, and British Tennis Fans, See a Rising Star in Emma Raducanu
The teenager, a wild-card entry, delighted and surprised in the tournament’s first week. She is part of a growing trend of young women who are showing that experience isn’t everything.
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Erik
@Erik -
almost 3 years ago
Rapper Lil Baby held in Paris over drugs allegation
The US rapper had been at Fashion Week and was with NBA star James Harden when he was arrested.
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Erik upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Rahsaan
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almost 3 years ago
Nobody wins as DoD finally pulls the plug on controversial $10B JEDI contract
Nobody wins as DoD finally pulls the plug on controversial $10B JEDI several years of fighting and jockeying for position by the biggest cloud infrastructure companies in the world, the Pentagon finally pulled the plug on the controversial winner-take-all, $10 billion JE...continued
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Erik upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Monserrat
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almost 3 years ago
Satellite operator Planet to go public in $2.8B SPAC merger
Satellite operator Planet to go public in $2.8B SPAC which operates a network of around 200 satellites that provides Earth imaging, as well as analytics of the data derived from that observation, is going public in a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)...continued
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Erik upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Grayce
@Grayce -
almost 3 years ago
Circle is a good example of why SPACs can be useful
Circle is a good example of why SPACs can be the wake of Coinbase’s direct listing earlier this year, other crypto companies may be looking to go public sooner than later. That appears to be the case with Circle, a Boston-based technology company that provides API-delive...continued
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Erik upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Arvid
@Arvid -
almost 3 years ago
FabricNano raises $12.5M to help scale its cell-free fossil fuel alternative technology
It’s not often that you hear DNA described as a wafer – but that’s the analogy that Grant Aarons, the founder of FabricNano, a cell-free biomanufacturing company uses to describe his company’s major product. That DNA, the company hopes, will make a dent in a growing globa...continued
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Erik upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Garnet
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almost 3 years ago
Nothing’s Ear 1 earbuds will feature noise cancelling and run $99
Fittingly, we don’t know a lot about Nothing. The young hardware startup has, however, done a stellar job building hype around precisely that fact. In the lead up to the July 27 launch of the company’s first product, the Ear (1), the Nothing marketing machine has released...continued
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Erik upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Cyril
@Cyril -
almost 3 years ago
This week in growth marketing on TechCrunch
TechCrunch is trying to help you find the best growth marketer to work with through founder recommendations that we get in this survey. We’re sharing a few of our favorites so far, below.We’re using your recommendations to find top experts to interview and have them write...continued
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Erik upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Americo
@Americo -
almost 3 years ago
Bragg Set to Be Manhattan’s Next D.A., and a Potential Trump Scourge
Mr. Bragg said repeatedly during the campaign that he had sued Mr. Trump or his administration more than 100 times during his tenure at the attorney general’s office. He also said he expected to be attacked by Mr. Trump, who said this week that the investigation was a for...continued
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Erik upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Giles
@Giles -
almost 3 years ago
Startup Alley tickets are selling out in record numbers
Startup Alley spots at Disrupt are almost sold out – apply There isn’t much time left to apply for Startup Alley. Take advantage of this opportunity before it’s too late.When you purchase a ticket for Startup Alley, you can opt into being considered for a spot in our ina...continued
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